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Common Names
Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALVIGENIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTEBAICALIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | 184.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTELLAREIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTELLAREIN | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTELLARIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTELLARIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SENKYUNOLIDE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKULLCAPFLAVONE-I | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKULLCAPFLAVONE-II | 4 | Root | 3.3 | 863.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKULLCAPFLAVONE-II | 4 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 740.0 | 991.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SYRINGARESINOL-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 52.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiPMS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferant (colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 2 | Huang, H-C., Wang, H-R., and Hsieh, L-M. 1993. Antiproliferative effect of baicalein, a flavonoid from a Chinese herb, on vascular smooth muscle cell. European J. of Pharmacology 251: 91-93, 1994. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipyretic | 6 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antipyruvetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiradicular | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiRaynaud's | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretroviral | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisalmonella | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |